Hell is a terraced house with a hot tub, bar and outdoor tv.

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Or more accurately, hell is what I'm going through living next door to this abominable set up.

Family from hell moved in not that long ago. Drunken pot smoking father who attended a house party in the mid 90's and apparently never left, a wife who to be fair seems like she's lost the will to live or smile, and an assortment of teenagers who like to invite all their mates round and shout about dildos and cumming in people's eyes.

The garden has slowly morphed into something resembling a butlins, which is fairly impressive as we all only have narrow postage stamp gardens. It started with a hot tub, progressed to an outdoor bar, and has culminated this weekend in some sort of wooden shack thing made of fences with a tin roof, housing an outdoor television.

The second the sun comes out it is thumping tunes ALL day, which to be fair sometimes gets turned down a little at 11 pm. Unfortunately tonight it has now been replaced by some shitty action movie being loudly played in the garden, as the family members converse in their usual dulcet yells. Must have affected their hearing with all that drum and bass.

Yes, we have tried talking to them. The father seemed to indicate through grunts that he had understood my attempt at communication with a primitive life form, however we were then treated to angle grinding in the street regularly for a few nights, as he loudly complained about the 'stuck up bitch next door' and proclaimed that I'd be 'having that'.

No, I currently can't move. I'm working on it but realistically not going to be any time soon. I'd imagine the house would be a hard sell at the moment too, most prospective owners would run a mile.

I guess I just wanted to rant, I'm so tired. I've actually found myself on the brink of tears a few times tonight, mainly from frustration. They went away last week and it was wonderful. The entire estate was practically silent, just the usual buzz of every day life going on made me really appreciate just what loud obnoxious bastards they are.

Or anything on panpipes?

It sounds like hell on earth, i’m so sorry.

My suggestions:

Earplugs and air con for you

Stink bombs and those high pitched sonic devices that only young people can hear next to your border with them. Hosepipe on the outdoor telly shack overnight??

Befriend the neighbours and see if there’s any appetite for group action.

now if we knew the answer to that.....but it does seem as though at least some times, its women who were "trained" from childhood...were never shown what a healthy relationship looked like.

Any chance you can rent out you hell hole and move somewhere small and quiet until you regain your sanity and/or can move?

I have an annoying neighbour and played Irish jigs and reels really loudly . (I'm Irish ) they have toned it down somewhat but I will keep Daniel O' Donnell in mind for the next time.
You have my sympathy Op .It's such an awful position to be in when neighbours are difficult for whatever reason.

God this sort of thing makes me so angry. We don't take noise pollution anywhere near seriously enough, especially when you consider how crowded the UK is, and how jammed on top of one another we all are. In Germany, you wouldn't get away with that. I have known two people driven to suicide attempts by noisy, anti-social neighbours. And I had a work colleague who ended up on anti-depressants after the council moved a noisy drug addict in next door. It's outrageous. Noise ruins people's lives and destroys their mental health.

Right now we're having problems with noisy cars. The drivers modify the engines to make them screech, and they do something to the exhausts to make them crackle and bang and backfire. I was woken at 4am this morning by one of these arseholes.

Sounds like hell, I really feel for you, OP.

some options:-
If they’re tenants maybe speak to landlord
(club together with neighbours- strength in numbers)
council noise team (they come anytime of day even 2pm in morning to check noise level)
rent yours out and rent somewhere else
noise cancelling ear buds/ headphones?

fwiw I feel your pain. (Been there)
I hate hate hate inconsiderate people.

Loving the idea of stink bombs I’ve never thought of that myself!

Why not wear headphones? Then there's no risk of annoying anyone. It's not difficult to be considerate of others.

Could you log it/ record it and contact a local councillor perhaps?

Could you try to get the woman and reason with her and agree " quiet times"

It sounds absolutley vile. I am slap up agaimst my neighbours, its pure good fortune they are quiet.

Sounds awful. Really awful.

i don’t really have any advice.

Sounds like it’s more about the personalities of the people than the actual set up they have, ie it would be possible to use those things considerately. Our neighbours two doors down have some of those things but luckily use them in a considerate way - occasional late teen/ early 20s party but not much more.

Wow, that's helpful.

I have something similar over the road from me. They seem to make an active effort to be as antisocially load as possible. Last week they loudly discussed the fact that they opened the window as wide as possible even though it was a bit chilly. Lots of drugs involved, really really loud just talking. I have no idea how you can be that loud, it's astonishing. I feel for the people next door. They have young kids and it must be absolutely miserable. I feel your pain!

@Bepo77 is the actual neighbour thus the attempt to portray the op as something she is clearly not. There is always one derailer with a chip on their shoulder who is serially offended, in this case someone rather strangely focussed on Butlins. I personally preferred Pontins.You have my sympathies op. You dont need to justify yourself.

These stories remind me of a horrible thing that happened to friends of ours about 20 years ago.

They lived in a ground-floor flat with their son, who was a good (electric) guitar player. He rehearsed with his friends in a nearby hall but never ever played in the house without headphones (he had a little amp for that).

One day, son comes home with his guitar and says "Hey, we have new upstairs neighbours, I said hello as they went up the stairs".

Three days later, our friends get a knock on the door from the police. "We've had complaints about noise coming from your house. Your son is playing heavy metal at all hours of the day. Please make him stop." Our friends are confused, they hadn't been away, their son was definitely not making any noise. A couple more similar visits followed, with threats of court action (I don't remember the exact legal context, it wasn't in the UK).

A week later, upstairs held their first party. A full-on rave until 5am. Our friends, groggily not realising what had been set up, finally called the police, who were monumentally unsympathetic. "Oh yes? Not just getting revenge, are you?". And the raves and banging and shouting just continued after that, and the police basically stopped answering the phone

It took about 18 months to sort out, once three other sets of neighbours had gotten involved. It turned out that the people upstairs had been forced to leave their previous flat in another town due to their noise and so they had decided to poison the well when they arrived in their new place, and blaming our friends' son's guitar was a perfect excuse. First-mover advantage, it's called. Utter psychopaths. You just have to hope that you will get through life with as little interaction as possible with this kind of people.

Dh says it was very high frequency sound.

He bought a high frequency generator called a function signal generator code: XR2206 from Amazon and runs off a 9volt battery. You plug the output of that into a mini power amplifier code: POHOVE then put the outlet of that into a loud speaker model: VISATON model VS-FRS8/4. He says these are showing as out of stock, but they're sold elsewhere.

They do make ready made high frequency generators with speaker built in, but they're more expensive.

You turn the sound right up, but just beyond the threshold of your hearing if you're older than them and aim it over their fence (we fixed ours to the side of our shed). The hot tub was about five metres away. They'd hear a very high pitched whine, but you can't hear where it's coming from. They might not actually consciously hear it, but it's enough to irritate the brain.

The best noise deterrent is a very low frequency, which causes a feeling of anxiety and nausea etc., but that's a bit harder to produce. That makes you feel ill.

If they have an outdoor television you can get a TV Be Gone kit and see if you can either put it together yourself or get an electronic minded friend to do it for you. The kits can't be sold ready made for legal reasons. This will turn any television off. Kit is only about £10. You will have full control over their TV.

You sound like her neighbours , entitled, selfish and everything that is wrong with people of today !!

that's the same as the mosquito gadget i posted about upthread.

If anyone has neighbours from hell listening through Bluetooth speakers in the garden it can be hacked with your own playlist. Wait for a gap then away you go😁

Get the landlord's details from the Land Registry? It's been a long time since I did property law so I can't say how much detail they'd have (probably not contact details) but certainly his or her name which would hopefully not be just John Smith or something and would allow you to do some digging via SM/electoral register or something. Accessing the Land Registry is something like £1 per house searched.

I'm surprised tbh that the landlord would be fine with a hot tub etc being installed! Sounds a nightmare OP, you have my sympathies.

Yes, that type of thing, but this is more powerful and you can adjust the output so that it works on adults.

I'd add Coldplay to the list.

If we had a functioning DVSA I'd ask their driving licence is revoked on the grounds of their drug abuse.

I don't think this is helpful at all, must seem oh so funny if you don't live there.

I was just going to suggest that OP play some black metal or doom metal, like Burzum or Sun 0))), it sounds like it comes from the depths of hell and might scare them into being more considerate 🤘